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were burned. After a little while there were but few left. Soon all 
were burned. Then he and his niece were the only ones (left). Then 
he spoke to her, ‘‘ Eventually I shall throw your body,” he said to her, 
‘‘you will fall where our sacred pack is,” he said to her. ‘‘All right,” 
he was told. He seized her by the arm and threw her. 
The Sioux saw only fire going out of that woman. And they went 
to attack him and he was bound. Slowly he led those toward the 
sky by whom he was tied there. Although he was attacked by many 
yet they could not tie him. After he had brought them up in the 
' sky, the (spot) where they were, broke to pieces. The Sioux scattered 
downward. He killed nearly all. Only the hunters were saved, and 
the women who were gone far off were saved. He himself, Black- 
Rainbow, unconcernedly started to walk off. He arrived back 
whence he came and related how their friends had been treated. 
Then, it is said, he made (the Sioux) come by beating his drum. 
Many Sioux came. All were captured. They treated them in 
exactly the same manner (as they had been treated). It is said that 
they themselves (the Sioux) wept. All the prisoners of war wept. 
And one woman was sent home. ‘‘Depart,’’ she was told. ‘‘Tell 
(your people) of these (prisoners) whom we made cry,” she was told. 
‘“You will live to be an old woman,” she was told, ‘‘you will continue 
to tell this story often during that time. And if you become sick, 
you are to tell the story. Straightway you will become well. After 
you tell the storyryou will cook for your friends, and you will then 
begin to tell them the story. If, however, you do not do this, you 
will indeed die. If you do as I tell you you will live to be a very, 
very old woman,” is what the woman was told, it is said. The Sioux 
woman who was sent home did precisely that. 
Then, again at one time Black-Rainbow went hunting and killed a 
deer. As he was flaying it, many Sioux rushed on him and sur- 
rounded him. He began to fight them. Soon he was feared. He 
killed many. His arrows always flew back to him. Finally (the 
Sioux) began to flee. After they started to flee, he went in pursuit 
of them, striking them down in his course. He spared just one. He 
led him toward where (Black-Rainbow’s people) lived. He made 
him carry his deer. When they arrived there, Black-Rainbow called 
for one who spoke Sioux. Then, it is said, the Sioux began telling 
how they were treated by Black-Rainbow. There were many men 
listening. The story of exactly what he had done was told. 
After (the Sioux) had told the entire story, he himself related to 
his fellow men: ‘‘ Well, that you may not think I am merely talking 
